DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,273

TOP EASTERN DRILL
FORMERLY KNOWN AS KENNAMETAL, INC.
AND GREENFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MAU, MANOWER
AND KELLY SERVICES
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED TO
PHILLIPS STAFFING
EVANS, GEORGIA

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on October 6, 2009, applicable to workers of Top
Eastern Drill, formerly known as Kennametal, Inc., and Greenfield
Industries, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Mau,
Manpower and Kelly Services, Evans, Georgia. The notice will be
published soon in the Federal Register.
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of drill bits
and other hole making and threading tools.


Information shows that some workers separated from
employment at the Evans, Georgia location of the subject firm had
their wages reported under a separated unemployment insurance
(UI) tax account for Phillips Staffing.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
the shift in production of drill bits and other hole making and
threading tools to China and Japan.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,273 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Top Eastern Drill, formerly known as
Kennametal, Inc. and Greenfield Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from MAU, Manpower and
Kelly Services, including workers whose(UI)wages are
reported to Phillips Staffing, Evans, Georgia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 1, 2008 through October 6, 2011,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 8th day of December 2009.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,273

TOP EASTERN DRILL
FORMERLY KNOWN AS KENNAMETAL, INC.
AND GREENFIELD INDUSTRIES INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MAU, MANPOWER
AND KELLY SERVICES
EVANS, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers’ firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers’ firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers’ firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers’ firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers’ firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 10, 2009 on behalf of workers of Top Eastern
Drill, formerly known as Kennametal, Inc. and Green Field
Industries Inc., Evans Georgia (Top Eastern Drill). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of drill bits
and other hole making and threading tools. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from MAU, Manpower and Kelly
Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Top Eastern Drill
who are engaged in employment related to the production of drill
bits and other hole making and threading tools meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of drill bit
and other hole making and threading tools to Japan and China by
Top Eastern Drill contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Top Eastern Drill.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Top Eastern Drill,
formerly known as Kennametal, Inc. and Greenfield Industries,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from MAU, Manpower, and
Kelly Services, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of drill bits and other hole making and threading
tools meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:



“All workers of Top Eastern Drill, formerly known as
Kennametal, Inc. and Greenfield Industries Inc., including
on-site leased workers from MAU, Manpower, and Kelly Services,
Evans, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 1, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of October, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





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